- Date
- July 2, 1976
- Place
- Holly Springs, NC · HOLLY SPRINGS, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N14GAScamp WT16
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760702019219A
- Case key
- 154494
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1669 76/7/2 HOLLY SPRINGS,NC SCAMP WT16 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 1800 TIME - 1937 N14GA PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION APEX,NC HOLLY SPRINGS,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- VOLKSWAGEN ENG AND CARB. NEG G CONDITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14GA
- Reported as
- Scamp WT16
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N14GARegistration cancelled Sep 28, 1976 · Abbott AEROSPORT SCAMP WT16Airframe modelAbbott AEROSPORT SCAMP WT16
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.